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I have 2 questions, Insha` Allah:

1) I have heard that
the prophet SAW recommended that a woman stop breastfeeding if she becomes
pregnant while breastfeeding, as the nutrients belong to the developing fetus.
I know that Allah SWT, in the Quran, recommends
breastfeeding for two years. Are you aware of any such hadith.

2) It is the practice
of many muslims to
"wipe" their face with their hands after making any du`a. I had always been told that this is the sunnah of the prophet SAW. My
friend suggested that this is actually bid`a and challenged me to find
a hadith. Are you aware of any hadith,
fatwa for this?

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Answer:

Breast feeding while pregnant and
wipe face after dua

In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person,no grave, no prophet,no imam,no dai,nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Q-1: I have heard that the prophet
SAW recommended that a woman stop breastfeeding if she becomes pregnant while
breastfeeding, as the nutrients belong to the developing fetus. I know that
Allah SWT, in the Quran, recommends breastfeeding for
two years. Are you aware of any such hadith.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 SurahBaqarah verse 223: The mothers shall give suck to their offspring for two whole years
if the father desires to complete the term.But he shall bear the cost of their food and
clothing on equitable terms.No soul
shall have a burden laid on it greater than it can bear.No mother shall be treated unfairly on
account of her child nor father on account of his
child.An heir shall be chargeable in
the same way if they both decide on weaning by mutual consent and after due
consultation there is no blame on them.If ye decide on a foster-mother for your offspring there is no blame on
you provided ye pay (the mother) what ye offered on equitable terms.But fear Allah
and know that Allah sees well what ye do.

Allah Subhanah recommends the legal duration of two years
breastfeeding for the infant; but if one for any reason feeds more or less than
two years, there is no harm and no sin.

Q-1A: Are you aware of any such hadith.

To the
best of our humble knowledge, we have not come across an authentic hadith whereby the Prophet (saws) specifically recommended
a mother to stop feeding her child if she became pregnant with another.

The woman
should obviously take medical advice which would be in the best interest of her
and her childrens’ health and act upon it.It would indeed be advisable to stop the
breast feeding of the child, if her breast feeding would affect hers or the
unborn baby’s health in anyway.

Q-2: It is the practice of many muslims to "wipe" their
face with their hands after making any du`a. I had
always been told that this is the sunnah
of the prophet SAW. My friend suggested that this is actually bid`a and
challenged me to find a hadith. Are you aware of any hadith, fatwa for this?

Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 1487Narrated
by YazidibnSa'id al-Kindi

When the Prophet (saws) made supplication (to Allah) he would
raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands.

Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 1480Narrated
by Abdullah ibnAbbas

The Prophet (saws) said: “Supplicate Allah with the palms of your
hands; do not supplicate Him with their backs upwards. When you finish
supplication, wipe your faces with them.”

Sahih Al-BukhariHadith 7.631Narrated
by Aisha

“During the Prophet's (saws) fatal illness, he used to recite the
Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas and Surat Al-Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his
illness was aggravated, I used to recite those two Suras
and blow my breath over him and make him rub his body with his own hand for its
blessings."(Ma'mar
asked Az-Zuhri: ‘How did the Prophet use to blow?’ Az-Zuhri said: ‘He used to blow on his hands and then
passed them over his face.’)

Sahih Al-BukhariHadith 6.536ANarrated
by Aisha

Whenever the Prophet (saws) went to bed every night, he used to
cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Surat
Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his body
he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front of his body. He used
to do that three times.

Rubbing
the hands over the face after supplication, or after reciting SurahIkhlaas, SurahFalaq, and Surah An-Naas at bedtime is a Sunnah of the Prophet (saws).

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written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me.Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.